World History Index Of Events

Dante Alighieri (ca. 1265-1321) - Italian poet who, like Giotto, was at the forefront of the Renaissance. In fact,...

Darius (ca. 522-486 B.C.) - Darius reigned over Persia at the height of its power. But, he was not in line to succeed to...

Dead Sea Scrolls (found) - In 1947 a Bedouin shepherd boy was looking for one of his missing goats and stumbled upon a c...

Dead Sea Scrolls - Based on our best estimates and the evidence that exists, sometime after the Maccabean Revolt, a Jewi...

Deccan Wars (1680-1707) - The Deccan Wars, also called the Mughal-Maratha Wars was a 27-year conflict between the Mughal...

Declaration of Independence (1776) - The document that initiated a revolution. Not just with the birth of the Amer...

René Descartes (1596-1650) - Since the Fall of the Roman Empire in the West, philosophical thought in Europe had ...

Di Xin (ca. 1105 - 1046 B.C.) - The last emperor of the Shang Dynasty, Xin ruled from ca. 1075 - 1046 B.C.. He is a semi...

Diadochi - On his death bed, when asked who should inherit his kingdom, Alexander reportedly said, "To the str...

Diocletian (244-311) - After the death of Marcus Aurelius, the number of notable Roman emperors were few and far between...

Djoser - He is the first pharaoh of the Third Dynasty (although some records list him as second) and the pharaoh whose r...

Dome of the Rock - A Muslim shrine atop the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The Muslims captured Jerusalem during their campa...

Don Quixote - Don Quixote is widely regarded as the first great novel of Western civilization. Before this, popula...

Du Fu (712-770) - The other great poet of the Tang Dynasty (along with Li Bai), and considered one of the greatest in al...